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DSC2 User Manual
HELP!
Warning!
You should only use the acknowledge option as a last resort, as it will stop
a distress alert from being sent to any other vessel or coast station. If you
do acknowledge a distress alert, it is then your responsibility to ensure that
the message gets through to an MRCC - by whatever means possible.
We have built safeguards into the DSC2 system so that you will not be given
the option to acknowledge a distress alert unless these IMO/GMDSS
conditions have been met. The DSC2 system will also flash up a warning
when you attempt to acknowledge and ask you to confirm that you wish to
proceed.
Remember that you can only acknowledge a repeated VHF or MF distress
call. HF calls can be sent all over the world, so you could have the situation
where a distress call could be acknowledged (and therefore cancelled) by a
vessel which is thousands of miles away from the distress vessel.
For more information on acknowledging a distress alert, see Chapter 2.
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